This Bible Reading Calendar for 2026 is patterned after one prepared by Robert Murray McCheyne, a Scottish Presbyterian pastor who lived from 1813-1843. McCheyne prepared his calendar (30 Dec 1842) to help and encourage his people to read their Bibles. Listen to what he wrote to them about this:
“Those believers will stand firmest who have no dependence upon self or upon creatures, but upon Jehovah our Righteousness. We must be driven more to our Bibles, and to the mercy-seat, if we are to stand in the evil day.
“It has long been in my mind to prepare a [plan] of Scripture reading, in which as many as were made willing by God might agree, so that the whole Bible might be read once by you in the year, and all might be feeding in the same portion of the green pasture at the same time.
McCheyne’s plan has one read the OT once and the NT and psalms twice in one year.
This Bible reading calendar is similar, reading the OT in two years and the NT and psalms once a year.
Each day has the following:
A Scripture to pray as you begin your time reading Scripture.
Two columns containing chapters to read from the OT and NT/Psalms.
A passage from the book of Proverbs to meditate on and apply to your life.
Here are two formats of the same calendar. The first is formatted to print on one piece of legal sized paper. The second is a larger print booklet to be printed on regular letter sized paper.
This message was given by Pastor Dan Greenfield during our morning service, December 21, 2025.
This passage from 1 John 4:9-10 explains that Christians must love one another because their God has shown his greatest love in his Son’s incarnation and propitiation.